The Wayward Inn

05/28/2026

Concert at The Wayward Inn on June 5 at 7 pm

Q***r, acoustic duo Spring Peepers are coming from ontario (via the train) to do some mini shows along the way and are having a mini concert in the backyard garden at the Wayward Inn on June 5th from 7-8:30 pm.

The Wayward Inn
9923 Willow St.
Chemainus

Feel free to join us or pass this on to any friends who may be interested!

Please do not come if you have any cold or flu symptoms outside your normal.

BYO-camping chairs or picnic blanket (we will have some, but not enough for everyone)

You can listen to them here: https://www.farris-manning.ca/spring-peepers.html

We’ll be passing a hat for donations for the , the charity arm of (the only Palestinian-owned publisher in North America), which publishes authors from the global South, and authors whose books have been banned. Funds will specifically go to help uplift q***r Palestinian voices with one of their newest publications, Homosexual Intifada, an anthology of q***r Palestinian authors.

About Spring Peepers:

Spring Peepers is a brand new duo featuring Ella Latta (Lah-tah) Suazo (Swah-zoh) and Kim Farris-Manning. Ella (she/her) is a folk singer-songwriter currently working on a project for songs about peace-building. Kim (they/them) is in an interdisciplinary artist and tree enthusiast currently working on a community-based exhibition celebrating forests through storytelling. Spring Peepers was born of a dream to perform as travelling musicians on Via Rail this summer, a dream that is coming true later this month!

Accessibility info: yard is accessed via the driveway, and down 6 steps with no handrail. A gender neutral bathroom is available for attendees.

05/26/2026

What’s in bloom at ? There’s always something different!

We always get our gorgeous hanging baskets from ! They also have a delightful petting farm you can visit.

05/21/2026

We highly recommend checking out an art workshop with when you visit Chemainus!

We attended their Mushroom Watercolour painting class a couple of weeks ago. They are offering this class again many times over the summer, and many other art workshops and classes. Here are the deets:

🎨 It was on a Sunday from 11-12:30 - excellent timing for those wanting to do something relaxing and creative on their vacation

🎨 Jennifer is an excellent teacher: kind, patient and funny

🎨 Bramble & Brush art studio is a 5 min bike ride or 20 minute walk from

🎨 Jennifer offers private classes: if you are visiting with 3 or more people, she’ll come to to teach a class of your choosing (either inside at the kitchen table or outside on the patio)

🎨 All materials are provided, so you don’t need to travel with art supplies. They also sell excellent art supplies if you need anything!

🎨 Jennifer was really accommodating of our 3.5-year-old attending too and they had a blast!

🎨 For those who are COVID cautious, this felt like a harm reduced way to go to an art class. The door to outside was fully open, and the space where you make the art is 5’ from that fully open door (good ventilation). We masked for the entire class, and this felt fairly easy to do. The class was only 7 people, including the teacher, so it was not a crowd.

🎨 Bramble & Brush is in the heart of Chemainus: a great location to go to lunch after class or get an icecream! , , , and Mount Breton Golf Course Restaurant all have beautiful patio seating and are very close by.

This is not an ad, btw, we just really loved this class and want to recommend it to guests! We’re also done private pottery classes with Jennifer and they were a blast!

05/19/2026

We love the hermit trails! They are about a 10 minute walk from The Wayward Inn

When walking in there you feel like you are transported to a magic realm where you wouldn’t be surprised to see a fairy resting under a toadstool. 🍄

05/03/2026

Chicken Tour

Now offering direct booking guests a meet & greet chicken tour. You can meet the hens 🐓, collect some eggs 🥚 , or even given them some treats!

If you’ve ever wanted your own chickens feel free to let us know to share tips and tricks or if you have any questions.

To book - just send us a message with a couple times you’re available and we will get in touch!

*subject to availability: there is the off day we are out of town or sick or unavailable, so we can’t promise this! That having been said, we are usually around any love introducing people to our flock! 🌈🐓

Cameo of our cat Itsy! Born in a barn, he is all charm!

To book: www.TheWaywardInn.com

04/26/2026

📍Alderlea Farm & Cafe

Worth the 25 minute drive from The Wayward Inn

We love the gorgeous patio overlooking the farm! And the wood fired pizzas 🍕 and burgers 🍔 are the best in the region. Not to mention the homemade desserts, including a f**ked-up good chocolate chip cookie 🍪. The kids can also visit the cows, which is pretty adorable.

This is a long lasting, multigenerational family farm. We are proud to and also any chain restaurant cannot compete with the charm of this place.

We always have a great time when we go there.

04/25/2026

The Wayward Inn was featured in Chemainus Valley Courier this week, talking about how we offer sliding scale stays. Feel free to check the link in our bio to read the article.

We were excited to be mentioned in our local news, and to highlight our sliding scale! It’s one of our favourite parts of running a B & B. People who otherwise would not be able to afford a vacation can apply to book a sliding scale stay. The sliding scale application is in our linktree as well. The application is easy and it takes only 5 minutes to fill out.

To book: TheWaywardInn.com

More info on the sliding scale: https://thewaywardinn.com/en/sliding-scale-stays-at-the-wayward-inn

Sliding Scale Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddS9jCC0qLzarvttSUBg3KOidV8Q0bbSyvAOPv665CwQC1Hg/viewform

04/25/2026

The Wayward Inn was featured in Chemainus Valley Courier this week, talking about how we offer sliding scale stays.

https://chemainusvalleycourier.ca/2026/04/24/business-notes-chemainus-bsliding-scale-stays/

To book: TheWaywardInn.com

We were excited to be mentioned in our local news, and to highlight our sliding scale! It’s one of our favourite parts of running a B & B. People who otherwise would not be able to afford a vacation can apply to book a sliding scale stay. The application is easy and it takes only 5 minutes to fill out.

Sliding Scale Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddS9jCC0qLzarvttSUBg3KOidV8Q0bbSyvAOPv665CwQC1Hg/viewform

News from Cowichan’s business community

04/25/2026

We love it when guests choose to celebrate their special moments with us!

We’ve hosted people on their honeymoon, birthday getaways, bachelorette parties, new grads, and anniversary lovecations. We’ve also had people work on their novels here, create new music, and have a first trip with a newborn baby.

If you have special requests, just let us know, we do our best to help! And we have a few upgrades that people can add when they book to add some whimsy and fun